12/07/2025
RS 32:1735
1735 Drivers selection of licensed tow company; law-enforcement rotation list; minimum requirements; removal from rotation list
A. When a law-enforcement officer determines that a motor vehicle must be towed, the law-enforcement officer shall give the owner or operator of the motor vehicle vehicle, the option to select a licensed towing company to tow his vehicle. If the owner or operator of the motor vehicle vehicle is unable to select a licensed towing company, chooses not to select a particular, licensed towing company, or an emergency situation requires the immediate removal of the vehicle, the next available, licensed towing company on the approved law-enforcement rotation list shall be called by the law-enforcement officer to tow the vehicle.
B. The towing company selected by the owner or operator of a motor vehicle or the law-enforcement officer shall be allowed to respond to the call within 45 minutes. If the towing company fails to respond within 45 minutes, the law enforcement officer may select the next available towing company from the approved rotation list.
C. Law-enforcement agencies may establish a rotation list of towing companies with tow trucks, license and accordance with the provisions of RS 32:1716. However, prior to a tow truck companies participation on a law enforcement agencies, rotation list, the tow truck companies shall comply with provisions of RS 45:164 and 180.1. The Department of Public Safety in corrections, office of State police, .
shall establish minimum standards, rules, and procedures for participation in a rotation list, which shall be approved by the house and Senate transportation, highways, and public works committees prior to their adoption. Any local law-enforcement agency may adopt minimum standards, consistent with the office of state police rules, or comply with the standards, the established by the office of state police.
D. No law-enforcement officer shall recommend to the vehicle owner or operator a specific tow company to conduct a tow. Autos shall be referred to law-enforcement rotation list or the authorized contractor for the law-enforcement agency. When the owner or operator exercises their option to select the tow company, such selection shall be duly noted on the Tow invoice or the law-enforcement record of incident